Parents,

What a meet, what a week. We lost to a very good Little Hunting Park team that went undefeated and won the division.

Final Score: Hiddenbrook 188 - LG 232

Personal Bests: 31 of 120 individual swims today were best times.

Bob the Gnome award for this week - Theo Pozo

Theo swam up in the 15-18 boys backstroke and 15-18 boys medley relay, and was a last minute substitution for the boys mixed age relay.

Senior Day

Before the meet we honored our graduating seniors.

Gideon Lovern - Virginia Tech - Majoring in Electrical Engineering

Paige Dury - Virginia Tech - Majoring in Health Sciences

Austin Collie - Cairn University - Majoring in Sports Analytics

Graham Huse - George Mason - Majoring in English Literature

Kayla Doty - Frostburg University - Majoring in Exercise and Sports Science

Daniel Louie - The University of Virginia - Majoring in Computer Science

Also fond goodbyes to Alicia Saunders, Noah Dyer and Caleb Detrick all super seniors who also had their final meets today too.

Good luck to all of you and may you look back fondly on your time with Hiddenbrook.

What a week:

It was a very busy Hiddenbrook week. We started the week with a B meet at Fox Mill Estates followed by Herndon Olympics on Tuesday. Per tradition, it was excessively hot but to our knowledge everyone survived. There were some great swims, a few Herndon Olympics records set, and for the second year in a row, Hiddenbrook swept the relay events. Congratulations to all our swimmers. Also, thank you to all the parents who volunteered. An event like Herndon Olympics can’t happen without lots of volunteers and as usual Hiddenbrook stepped up.

All Star Relays was Wednesday with Hiddenbrook sending (8) relays. The event was cut short due to weather but Hiddenbrook finished a very impressive 14th overall.

Quote of the week:

“I can’t believe you faked an injury to get out of doing the coaches relay”

-Overheard at Herndon Olympics from one Four Seasons coach to another:

Quote of the day:

“wait!?!? that was this week… that feels like three weeks ago!”

-coach John on being reminded that Herndon Olympics was earlier this week.

Honorable Mention:

“Herndon Olympics was the hottest swim meet I’d ever been to, and then I went to All Star relays the next day which was even hotter."

-Neal Jarvis

Corollary:

“Who’s that purple dude over there?” “Oh my gosh, that’s Neal”.

-asked by a Four Seasons swimmer to a Hiddenbrook swimmer at Herndon Olympics

Upcoming:

Monday: B meet at HOME vs Herndon Rec. There are a number of waterspouts who have been called up from AA to AAA and are swimming.

Thursday: Deserts and paper plates

See the sign up that goes out, the coaches only make paper plates for those swimmers who attend.

Also, once regular paper plates conclude, and the children are sent to the pool, Jenn King will lead the “Paper Plates after Dark” section of the evening. Adults on this team who have distinguished themselves in not so flattering ways will get recognized for their efforts.

Friday: Waterspout Lollipop meet

Saturday: Divisionals and swim team banquet

-Neal and Marc